30-yr-old held for posing as railway catering staff

TNN | Updated: May 10, 2018, 23:58 IST

Indore: A 30-year-old man was arrested for posing as on-duty catering staff from Ujjain railway station by Railway Protection Force.
Ajay Chaturvedi, a native of Varanasi, was detained on Wednesday evening on suspicion of taking money from passengers for housekeeping work like arrangement of bedsheet and water. He had come to Ujjain along with his family a week ago, said an official of RPF.

Ujjain RPF police station in charge Harsh Chouhan said that the accused started travelling in AC compartments of long distance trains- Avantika Express, Indore-Patna and Malwa Express- which originate from Indore. “The accused used to pose as an on-duty staff of the railways and provide drinking water or make bed for passengers. In return, he charged them with money ranging from Rs1000 to Rs2000,” he said.

On Tuesday, RPF had received a complaint about such activities in Avantika Superfast Express (12962). On Wednesday, too, passengers complained about it in Malwa Superfast Express. Following the complaints, officials went through the CCTV footages of Indore and Ujjain railway stations and on the basis of it the accused was caught from Ujjain.

“The accused, in past two days, duped over four passengers,” a senior official with GRP Indore. KL Wargade said.

Wargade said that the accused had confessed of collecting money from passengers. A case under Section 420 of IPC was registered against him. “We are questioning the accused to ascertain if there is any gang or racket involved in this practice,” he added.

This is not the first time when the RPF has caught somebody for posing as an on-duty staff. Earlier, a college student was arrested for posing as travel ticket examiner (TTE) on board Malwa Express.

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